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Egypt
Politics | Culture - Arts | Health | Society
Egypt's renowned film-maker in coma

afrol News, 17 June - Egypt's most renowned film-maker is battling with survival at a Paris hospital. Admitted at an American hospital on Monday, doctors said Youssef Shahin's condition is "critical" but "stable."

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Africa
Culture - Arts
Africa’s cinema father is gone

afrol News, 13 June - Senegalese woke up with the sombre news of the death of Africa’s father of cinema last Sunday. Sembene Ousmane was considered the doyen of African cinema.

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Burkina Faso | Nigeria
Culture - Arts | Society
Nollywood absent in Africa's Fespaco film festival

afrol News, 2 March - Despite being the third biggest film industry in the world after Hollywood and Bollywood, Nigeria's Nollywood films have been absent from the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO), held in Burkina Faso. Addicted lovers of Nigerian films have not been at ease about the development.

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Africa | Sierra Leone
Culture - Arts | Society | Economy - Development | Politics
African blood diamond film hits theatres

afrol News, 8 December - Despite legislations and mountains of promises by the world, diamond companies still don't do enough to prevent the stones from being used to purchase weapons, fuel wars and create havoc in countries where poverty is endemic, campaigners claim. A new movie shaming the diamond business using the Sierra Leone example will now hit cinemas in Africa and beyond.

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South Africa
Culture - Arts | Economy - Development
South Africa's film industry joins forces with UK

afrol News, 24 May - South African Culture Minister Zweledinga Pallo Jordan today signed an agreement with his British counterpart in London, which will make the way for co-productions that may tap from British promotion funds. The UK government was guided by the many recent successes of the South African film industry on the international market when choosing a new partner for a co-production agreement.

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